The Delhi Assembly on Tuesday decided to go paperless with all 70 MLAs now being provided with tablets on which they will receive all the necessary information regarding Assembly proceedings online.
The Assembly has taken up an automation project which will allow MLAs to work digitally. On Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia took to Twitter and said, “Delhi Legislative Assembly will be completely paperless now.
All documents and Bills will be tabled in E-paper format. Lakhs of pages used during the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly will now be presented as soft copy.” To begin with the process of going paperless, members were asked to carry their tablets provided by the finance department during the current Budget Session.
Sisodia said, “This will be a step towards making the Legislative Assembly smart and efficient. This web-based solution will not only help us speed up the official processes in the Assembly but will also save tonnes of paper being used here in every proceeding.”
He added, “Under the automation project, the Legislative Assembly has been provided with good Wi-Fi connectivity which will enable the members of the Assembly to attend the proceedings uninterrupted.
This step of the Kejriwal Government will prove to be a milestone in the direction of environment protection. Provisions will be made for members to attend the sessions virtually in future.”